Adelaide has beaten other mainland capitals to win the right to host Australia's new national Space Agency, boosting South Australia's push to become a hub for innovation and technology.

The agency is expected to open doors for local businesses and allow them to access the multi billion global space industry and create up to 20,000 jobs by 2030.

South Australian  Premier Steven Marshall said his state was the ideal location for the agency alongside a rapidly growing defence sector.

Real Estate Agent Grant Shultz has won preselection in the NSW South Coast seat of Gilmore, replacing incumbent MP Ann Sudmalis.

This appointment has attracted criticism from many in the Liberal Party, who are disappointed that Ms Sudmalis’ seat has been replaced with a man meaning the Liberal Party has only 15 women running for winnable lower house seats next election. 

Ms Sudmalis announced in September she would quit politics at the election, citing "branch-stacking, undermining and leaks" as her reasons.

A butterfly sanctuary in Mission, Texas, is set to be bulldozed down to pave the way for President Trump’s border wall.

Last week, the US supreme court issued a ruling allowing the Trump administration to waive 28 federal laws to begin construction on 33 miles of the wall.

Works are set to begin as soon as February next year.

A russian woman accused of being a secret agent has admitted she conspired to infiltrate the American gun rights movement to gather intelligence on conservative political groups as Donald Trump rose to power.

The woman agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with US prosecutors.

Prosecutors have said it is “very likely” she would be deported from the US after her sentence is complete.

Thousands of Hungarians have taken to the streets of Budapest to protest several measures adopted by the government, including a controversial amendment to labour laws.

The amendment, proposed last month, hikes the maximum annual overtime hours that employers can require from 250 to 400 hours, and triples the time period for calculating overtime payment to three years.

Critics slammed the proposed legislation as a ‘slave law’ that benefits employers.

President Donald Trump says he is standing by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince despite a CIA assessment finding Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump refused to comment on whether bin Salman was complicit in the murder but says at this moment he supports the Prince.

While Trump has condemned the murder of Khashoggi, Trump has given the benefit of the doubt to the Prince with whom he shares a deep relationship.

An 102 year old Australian woman has broken the record for being the oldest skydiver in the world

Irene O’Shea has dedicated her jump this year by raising awareness for Motor Neurone Disease which sadly took the life of her daughter a few years back  

Whilst she has skydived on her birthday for the last two years, she describes herself as a normal 102 year old, and not an adrenaline junkie.

Cash Converters has become the target of a senate inquiry regarding responsible lending practices with claims that the company may have breached responsible lending laws.

The company has defended these claims by stating it was a company which helped millions escape financial exclusion, stating the maximum a consumer could owe was $400, despite its website stating they offered loans of up to $5,000 Dollars.

The University of Queensland has sealed a 25-year commitment to the $125m Warwick Solar Farm project in the Southern Darling Downs.

UQ Chief Operating Officer Greg Pringle said the University is keen to see the Southern Downs become a hub for sustainable energy research, education, and engagement.

The solar farm will generate 160,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy per year when fully operational - displacing 125,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per annum, the equivalent to taking 48,600 cars off the road.

Officials have confirmed a case of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer in Queensland, the second case in under two months.

While it is unknown how the patient, from Far North Queensland, contracted the infection, Dr Madhumati Chatterji said there are various theories including the possibility of insect transmission.

Burili ulcer, also known as the Daintree ulcer, is a rare tissue-destroying infection that is found in tropical locations, such as Queensland’s north.